Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the US, she worked for a decade covering stories about the Middle East, Somalia, and the Balkans.
She has since gone on to become a bestselling novelist, with over two million books sold internationally. After two works of non-fiction, she turned to fiction and received dazzling success. Covering themes from the American Civil War to book conversation, her richly layered, deeply researched novels have won readers and accolades across the globe, including the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for "March".
Her works "Caleb's Crossing" and "People of the Book" were both New York Times bestsellers. While her debut "Year of Wonders" is an international bestseller, translated into 25 languages, including Chinese.
During the recently concluded Australian Writers Week in China, our reporter Shiyu seized the opportunity to talk with this former journalist and learn how she transforms history into bestseller.